Vilma can seek trade w/ 30 teams - cept Pats!!

[Dallas]

INDIANAPOLIS -
Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma is on the trading block, but the linebacker-needy Patriots shouldn't get their hopes up.

Two sources with ties to Vilma said the 2004 first-round pick has permission to shop his services to 30 of the league's teams, but not the Patriots.

While a high-ranking Jets official said the team would trade within the division if the value was right, even if it meant dealing with its bitter rival in New England, the sources close to Vilma contended otherwise.

Vilma's agent, Mitch Frankel, could not be reached.

That the Jets possibly would impose such a restriction on the Patriots could be viewed as a reflection of the continuing bad blood between the teams. Relations between the teams were icy even before the Patriots violated the NFL's videotaping procedures at the Jets' home stadium in the season opener. The ice only has grown thicker in subsequent months.

The New York Daily News reported Friday that the Jets have given Vilma permission to shop himself, noting that there are two layers to the process.
Vilma has one year remaining on his contract and is seeking a new deal, so the first layer would be striking a new contract with an interested team. If that happened, the team would negotiate compensation on a trade with the Jets.

Vilma is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2008 season, so the Jets have some motivation to facilitate a trade. He also underwent knee surgery in November, so there are some health questions and it remains unclear how well Vilma would fit in the Patriots' system.

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The Jets HATE the Patriots more than I do.

That is all.

 

[Romo2Dez4six]

he is not old enough to play for the pats

 

[skinsscalper]

he is not old enough to play for the pats

 

[Hostile]

That's kind of tacky to be truthful. Get over it already. You don't want to trade the guy to a Division rival, that's one thing, but make it all Division rivals.

 

[Reality]

That's kind of tacky to be truthful. Get over it already. You don't want to trade the guy to a Division rival, that's one thing, but make it all Division rivals.

I agree with you .. that's very petty.

 

[Nors]

There has been bad blood dating back to when Parcells left right after Super Bowl and went to Jets and then stole Curtis Martin.

Then BB goes to the podium at a press conference naming him head coach after Parcells retired and he says he doesn't want the job but neglected to tell the GM or owner first.

BB and some coaches then go to Pats and then the whole Manginirat thing.

 

[TheBeheader31]

we were all saying that the cheating Pats would get what's comin to them. First they choke in the Super Bowl and now teams are excluding them as potential trade partners. I love it.​

 

[TheCount]

I don't know that I'd say it's petty. Every other team in their division (Bills and Dolphins) are much more than one player away.

A talented, young LB like Vilma would smack the Jets silly for years to come on the pats roster. I think the media is mostly responsible for putting the "blood rival feud" spin on it. Sounds like a good business decision to me.

 

[Vintage]

we were all saying that the cheating Pats would get what's comin to them. First they choke in the Super Bowl and now teams are excluding them as potential trade partners. I love it.​

Except; it probably has more to do with the Jets not wanting to help alleviate one of the Patriots biggest weaknesses, LB help.

And considering the Patriots went 18-1 last year, it stands to reason why the Jets do not want to deal with the Patriots at all, especially when they are the ones dealing away a player.

The Bills and Dolphins are a couple of years away from competing, so the Jets probably don't care if they trade with them. But why would they want to add youth to the Patriots at a position where the Patriots could desperately use it?

That has more to do with it than anything.

 

[superpunk]

That's kind of tacky to be truthful. Get over it already. You don't want to trade the guy to a Division rival, that's one thing, but make it all Division rivals.

Rivalries are always a good thing. The Jets are trying to catch their rival. No reason to make him available to that rival.

 

[Future]

He would be an excellent fit in Philly I think...as unfortunate as that is

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

That's kind of tacky to be truthful. Get over it already. You don't want to trade the guy to a Division rival, that's one thing, but make it all Division rivals.

I agree with you .. that's very petty.

With all due respect gentelmen... why is it tacky?

Cheating(for lack of a better word) is bad. The only thing that gives power to the bad in this world is for the good to do nothing.

What he is doing is good. Letting people know that IT IS NOT OK and IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

3 teams may have been cheated out of SB victories.
Olympians lose out on gold medals to cheaters. Those moments cannot be brought back... nor can the trophies/medals.